ມີສອງເງົາໃນຊີວິດ, ບ່ອນທີ່ບຸກຄົນສາມາດປະຕິບັດຕາມ. ບຸກຄົນສາມາດຢູ່ໃນຮົ່ມຂອງພຣະຜູ້ສູງສຸດ ຫລືຜູ້ຄົນສາມາດຢູ່ໃນເງົາແຫ່ງຄວາມຕາຍ. ຊາວຄຣິດສະຕຽນຈະເວົ້າວ່າ, that they abide in the shadow of the Almighty God. ແຕ່ວ່າແມ່ນຄວາມຈິງນັ້ນ? It is so easily said, but what does it mean to abide in the shadow of the Most High? When do you abide in the shadow of the Most High and when do you abide in the shadow of death according to the Bible?
What is the shadow of death?
When man was misled by the lie of the devil and rebelled against God and sinned, ຄວາມຕາຍໄດ້ເຂົ້າສູ່ຜູ້ຊາຍ, and the spirit of man died and man came under the authority of the devil and his kingdom and lived in the shadow of death.
Man belonged to the death and every person, who would be born, would be born as a sinner in the kingdom of darkness and live in the shadow of death and after natural death enters hades.
ຜູ້ເຖົ້າ (ຮ້າຍແຮງ) is bound to the kingdom of darkness and belongs to death.
As long as a person is not born again and the flesh remains alive, death shall reign as king in the person’s life and the person shall abide in the shadow of death.
When do you abide in the shadow of death?
When a person abides in the shadow of death, the carnal mind of the person shall be darkened and controlled by the kingdom of darkness. Everything the person does originate from the darkened mind and through the influence and control of the kingdom of darkness and its powers.
Therefore a person, who abides in the shadow of death shall do unrighteous works and produce the fruit of death, ເຊິ່ງແມ່ນບາບ.
The person shall live after the flesh and be sense-ruled and do the works of the flesh and persevere in sin, whereby a person doesn’t please God but the devil. Because sin doesn’t please God, but grieves God and causes separation.
Sin pleases the devil and exalts and honors the devil and empowers him (ອ່ານນຳ: ‘ພະລັງຂອງມານແມ່ນຂັບເຄື່ອນໂດຍບາບ )
The valley of death is the place, where death reigns through sin. And because death reigns, the result will become visible in the natural realm, which is perceivable by the senses of man.
What is the shadow of the Most High?
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined (ເອຊາຢາ 9:2)
ຜູ້ຄົນທີ່ນັ່ງຢູ່ໃນຄວາມມືດໄດ້ເຫັນຄວາມສະຫວ່າງອັນໃຫຍ່ຫລວງ; ແລະພວກເຂົາທີ່ນັ່ງຢູ່ໃນພາກພື້ນແລະແສງສະຫວ່າງຂອງຄວາມຕາຍໄດ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນ (has dawned) (ມັດທາຍ 4:16)
And thou child, ທ່ານຈະຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າສາດສະດາຂອງສູງສຸດ: ເພາະວ່າເຈົ້າຈະໄປກ່ອນຫນ້າຂອງພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າເພື່ອກະກຽມວິທີການຂອງລາວ; to give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission(ການໃຫ້ອະໄພ) ຂອງບາບຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ, through the tender mercy of our God; ໂດຍທີ່ກໍາລັງເກີດຊ່ວງເວລາສູງທີ່ໄດ້ໄປຢ້ຽມຢາມພວກເຮົາ, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace (ລູກາ 1:76-79)
ພະເຍຊູເປັນຄົນດຽວ, who can redeem man from the power of darkness and the shadow of death.
Therefore the only way to be redeemed from the shadow of death and the power of the kingdom of darkness is by faith in Jesus Christ and ການຟື້ນຟູ ໃນລາວ; ການເສຍຊີວິດຂອງເນື້ອຫນັງແລະການຟື້ນຄືນຊີວິດຂອງພຣະວິນຍານຈາກການຕາຍ.
ໂດຍຜ່ານການສືບພັນ, your flesh has been crucified in Christ and your spirit is raised from the dead, whereby you no longer abide in the shadow of death and live in the kingdom of darkness, being controlled by the spirits of the kingdom of darkness (ໂລກ), but you shall abide in the shadow of the Most High and live in His Kingdom and be controlled by His Holy Spirit.
ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ສົ່ງພວກເຮົາມາຈາກອໍານາດແຫ່ງຄວາມມືດ, ແລະໄດ້ແປພວກເຮົາເຂົ້າໄປໃນອານາຈັກຂອງພຣະບຸດທີ່ຮັກຂອງພຣະອົງ: ໃນທີ່ພວກເຮົາມີການໄຖ່ໂດຍຜ່ານເລືອດຂອງລາວ, ເຖິງແມ່ນວ່າການໃຫ້ອະໄພບາບ (ໂຄໂລຊາຍ 1:13-14)
ໂດຍຜ່ານການສືບພັນ, you have been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, ບ່ອນທີ່ພຣະເຢຊູຄຣິດເປັນກະສັດແລະປົກຄອງ.
When do you abide in the shadow of the Most High?
ເພາະພຣະອົງພໍໃຈຈິດວິນຍານທີ່ປາດຖະໜາ, ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ຈິດວິນຍານທີ່ຫິວໂຫຍເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມດີ. Such as sit in darkenss and in the shadow of death, ຖືກຜູກມັດໃນຄວາມທຸກທໍລະມານແລະທາດເຫຼັກ; ເພາະວ່າເຂົາເຈົ້າກະບົດຕໍ່ພຣະຄຳຂອງພຣະເຈົ້າ, and contemned (despised) the counsel of the Most High: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ພຣະອົງຈຶ່ງເຮັດໃຫ້ຫົວໃຈຂອງພວກເຂົາລົ້ມລົງດ້ວຍການອອກແຮງງານ; ພວກເຂົາລົ້ມລົງ, ແລະບໍ່ມີຜູ້ໃດຊ່ວຍ. ຈາກນັ້ນເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ຮ້ອງຫາພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າໃນຄວາມຫຍຸ້ງຍາກຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າ, ແລະພຣະອົງໄດ້ຊ່ອຍພວກເຂົາໃຫ້ພົ້ນຈາກຄວາມທຸກລຳບາກຂອງພວກເຂົາ. ພຣະອົງໄດ້ນໍາເອົາພວກເຂົາອອກຈາກຄວາມມືດແລະເງົາຂອງຄວາມຕາຍ, ແລະຫ້າມລໍ້ຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າໃນ sununder. Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for His wonderful works to the children of men! (ບົດເພງ 107:9-15)
You shall no longer rebel against the words of God and abide in the shadow of death and your mind shall no longer be darkened by lies and be controlled by the powers of the kingdom of darkness and bear the fruit of death, which is sin and persevere in sin and be unhappy and dejected and live in depression and fear. But you shall abide in the shadow of the Most High.
ຜູ້ທີ່ຢູ່ໃນບ່ອນລັບລີ້ຂອງພຣະຜູ້ສູງສຸດຈະຢູ່ໃຕ້ຮົ່ມຂອງພຣະຜູ້ມີລິດອຳນາດ. (ເພງສັນລະເສີນ 91:1)
You shall abide in the shadow of the Most High and because your mind is enlightened with the Truth of God and He reigns in your life, you shall walk after the Word and the Spirit and produce the fruit of the Spirit and do righteous works and be joyful, satisfied and live in the peace of God.
You will rejoice in Him and you shall obey God and His Word and walk in His will and you shall do all those things, which please the Lord and exalt Him.
You shall no longer trust and rely on yourself and the world and walk in darkness, but you shall put your trust in God and rely on His Word and you shall walk by faith according to His Word in the light.
As long as you obey God and abide in Jesus Christ; the Word and walk after the Spirit, you shall abide in His shadow and walk in His authority and power and reign over your flesh, ບາບ, and death and over the whole army of the enemy, who tries to seduce the people to sin and cause them to rebel against God and live in rebellion against God.
Abiding in the shadow of the Most High in the valley of death
ຈັກເຖິນ, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; they rod and thy staff they comfort me (ບົດເພງ 23:4)
Although the world is in decline and evil is present and sin reigns supreme, you shall not be moved and shall not be afraid, because you trust in God and rely on His Word and stand on His Word and don’t deviate from His Word.
You know that the Most High is with you and protects you. His Word and His Holy Spirit abide in you and shall lead you, comfort you, and keep you.
The world abides in the shadow of death
When we look around, we see that the world abides in the shadow of death. Sin is so great, that evil and death reign and cause destruction and make many victims. How did it get this far? It could have gotten this far, because the Church has neglected her task and has gone her own way instead of keeping God’s way and do His will on earth (ອ່ານນຳ: ‘ເຈົ້າສາວທີ່ລອດຊີວິດຂອງພຣະຄຣິດ‘).
Many churches are not spiritual anymore, but they are carnal and soulish and instead of being witnesses of Jesus Christ and preach the words of God, they are ashamed of Him and His words and have changed and adjusted His words so that it fits into their carnal lives and the world.
They have changed the gospel and compromised with the world, to avoid persecution and to prevent people, ຜູ້ທີ່ເປັນຂອງໂລກ, from being offended.
They are focused upon their own well-being and prosperity in the world and in their pride, they have gone after their own will, instead of submitting unto God and His Word and do His will and represent, establish and bring His Kingdom to the people, who are seated in darkness.
Because of that sin has rampant and has taken more and more ground, whereby death has increased its power. ແມ່ນແລ້ວ, death has gained more power, even from Christians, who confess Jesus with their mouth but serve the devil with their hearts and lives and deny Jesus Christ and persevere in sin. Their hearts are not circumcised in Jesus Christ, but their hearts still belong to the devil, whereby they still want to do the lusts of their father (ອ່ານນຳ: ‘ການຕັດໃນພັນທະສັນຍາໃຫມ່')
And so the world abides in the shadow of death and death has seduced many believers of the church with his lies and carried them away and caused the lights to become weaker and even extinguished in many places.
Is it possible to change that? ຢ່າງແທ້ຈິງ, but the question is, whether people are willing to pay the price.
‘ຈົ່ງເປັນເກືອຂອງແຜ່ນດິນໂລກ’
